Arnot’s idea of Central Africa; killed by an elephant; the puff adder; the Kasai region; bulls for horses; a Congo hero; affection for mothers; caught by a crocodile; decline of the slave trade; the natives learning; books in native tongues; natives as laborers; understanding of the climate; Stanley on the Gombe; the leopard and spring-bock; habits of the antelope; Christian heroes in Africa; the boiling pot ordeal; adventures of a slave; Arab cruelties; a lion hunt; Mohammedan influence; a victim of superstition; Hervic women; Tataka mission in Liberia; a native war dance; African game laws; Viva on the Congo; rum in Africa; palavering; Emin Pasha at Zanzibar; the Sas-town tribes; an interrupted journey; in Monrovia; a sample sermon; the scramble for Africa; lions pulling down a giraffe; Kilimanjars, highest mountains in Africa; the Kru-coast Missions; a desperate situation; Henry M. Stanley and Emin Pasha; comparison of the two pioneers. pp. 800. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. COLUMBIA PRESENTING STANLEY TO EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNS, COLORED PLATE FRONTISPIECE MARCHING THROUGH EQUATORIAL AFRICA 4 MAP OF CENTRAL AFRICA 16 and 17 HENRY M. STANLEY 18 THE BELLOWING HIPPOPOTAMI 23 SCENE ON LAKE TANGANYIKA 29 GATHERING TO MARKET AT NYANGWE 31 A SLAVE-STEALER’S REVENGE 34 BUFFALO AT BAY 38 FIGHT WITH AN ENRAGED HIPPOPOTAMUS 40 ROUNDING A PORTAGE 44 A NARROW ESCAPE 45 WHITE-COLLARED FISH-EAGLES 48 A TEMPORARY CROSSING 49 WEAVER-BIRDS’ NESTS 51 NATIVES’ CURIOSITY AT SIGHT OF A WHITE MAN 56 CAPTURING A CROCODILE 58 LIONS DRAGGING DOWN A BUFFALO 62 A FUNERAL DANCE 66 STANLEY’S FIGHT WITH BENGALA IN 1877 67 AFRICAN BLACK-SMITHS 71 AFRICAN HEADDRESSES 72 ORNAMENTED SMOKING PIPE 75 NIAM-NIAM HAMLET ON THE DIAMOONOO 76 NIAM-NIAM MINSTREL 79